The Rt. Rev. George de la Poer Beresford (19 July 1765 – 16 October 1841) was an Irish bishop. A member of the Beresford family headed by the

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, Beresford was the son of the Hon. John Beresford, younger son of

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. Marcus Beresford and

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were his brothers. Beresford was

Dean of Kilmore The Dean of Kilmore is based at the Cathedral Church of St Fethlimidh in Kilmore in the Diocese of Kilmore within the united bishopric of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. Prior to the 1841 amalgamation the cathedral was in the bishopric of Kilmore an ...

from 1797 to 1801,

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between 1801 and 1802 and

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between 1802 and 1839. The latter year the Kilmore and Ardagh sees were united, and Beresford served as Bishop for the new see until his death two years later. Beresford married Frances, daughter of Gervase Parker Bushe, daughter of

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and Mary Grattan (sister of

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), in 1794. They had several children, including Marcus Beresford,

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. Beresford died in October 1841, aged 76. His wife survived him by two years and died in May 1843. His daughter Charlotte married into the Lumley family and was the mother of the ninth earl of Scarbrough.

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Anglican bishops of Kilmore Bishops of Kilmore and Ardagh Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh Deans of Kilmore